World History MCQ-17

The greatest of Greek philosophers was Herodotus Plutarch Aeschylus Confucius

Aristotle

Socrates

Plato

Herodotus

Who among the following is associated with ‘Golden Mean’?

Eratosthenes

Plato

Aristotle

Herodotus

Which was not a Roman Philosopher?

Cicero

Seneca

Lucretius

Octavian

Two important schools of philosophy Stoicism and Epicureanism were associated with __.

Greeks

Macedonians

Parthians

Iranians

Which of the following statements are correct?

The city of Rome was founded about 1000 BC in the districts of Latium, south of the Tiber River. The language of the ancient Romans, Latin, gets its name from Latium. The Political system of the Roman republic consisted of two consuls, the senate and the assembly. Roman society was divided into two classes – patricians and plebeians.

1, 2 and 3

2, 3 and 4

1,2 and 4

1,2, 3 and 4

Which of the following is associated with Twelve Tables’?

Greek Civilization

Roman Civilization

Arab Civilization

Iranian Civilization

Between whom were the Punic wars fought?

Carthage and Rome

Italy and Sicily

Sicily and Carthage

Rome and Sicily

Who among the following was associated with Cleopatra (beauty queen of Egypt)

Mark Antony

Pompii

Octavian

Julius Caesar

A king of the Roman Empire, in 37 BC, became the most powerful and ruled for 44 years. Who was that king?

Mark Antony

Julius Caesar

Octavian

Lapidus

Who among the following built a new capital of Roman Empire called Constantinople on the site of ancient Byzantium?

Julius Caesar

Diocletian

Constantine

None of these

For what purpose, primarily, roads were built in ancient Roman Empire?

for travelling

for maintaining law and order

for the movement of army

for trading and commercial activities

Which of the following languages is/are based on ‘Latin’?

Spanish

French

Italian

All the above

Which of the following is correctly matched ? Books—- Authors

On the Nature of Things – Lucretius

Meditation – Marcus Aurelius

Aeneid – Virgil

All the above

Which of the following is the sacred book of Judaism?

Torah

Bible

Avesta

None of the above

What European country-below did not develop an absolute form of monarchy during the 1600s and 1700s?

the Austrian Empire

the Netherlands

Spain

France

Which of the following is the place of worship for Judaism?

Fire Temple

Chapel

Synagogue

Temple

The Jesus Christ, founder of the Christian religion, was a ___.

Jew

Muslim

Zoroastrian

Christian

Which of the following is/are correctly matched?

Christmas – Birth of Jesus

Easter – Resurrection

Good Friday – The day on which Jesus is crucified

All the above

Which of the following is not a place of worship for Christianity?

Fire Temple

Church

Chapel

Cathedral

When did the ‘Christian Era’ start?

0 AD

1 AD

58 AD

78 AD

What is the meaning of the word ‘Bible’?

The Testament

The Book

Purity

Enlightenment

Which of the following is not associated with the Early American Civilization?